VOL. 96 ISSUE 12
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A watchdog for the Temple University community since 1921. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017
CONSTRUCTION
ON-CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY Peabody Residence Hall, the university’s oldest residence hall with 287 beds, will be demolished during winter break.
BY GILLIAN MCGOLDRICK News Editor
Leva said. One of the most prominent alterations was the building’s structure being switched from concrete to steel. Building a steel structure is more cost effective, less labor intensive and allows “significant” savings on the project, he added. By changing the structural components of the library, officials had to redesign portions of the structure, causing the delay.
Peabody Residence Hall will be demolished “from the top-down” beginning during winter break, officials said. The building will be demolished over the next three months, and a new building will later be rebuilt on the land facing Broad and Norris streets. When students return to campus after winter break, Peabody will “most likely be down in the ground with a lump of dirt,” said Jerry Leva, the vice president of planning and capital projects. “By the time students come back, the most critical parts and dangerous parts for pedestrians will be down and we’ll just be just cleaning up,” Leva added. Two or three machines will claw at the the building, removing concrete beams from each floor before it’s entirely demolished. Temple is working with the city’s Streets Departments to decide whether street closures will be necessary during demolition. Leva said it’s possible that officials will shut down Norris Street, but it will only be temporary and last a day at most. Peabody Residence Hall, the university’s oldest residence hall, housed its last class of first-year students in the 20162017 academic year. The building had 287 beds and accommodated students for more than 60 years. Students like Alec Strosser, a sopho-
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Temple’s new library is being built along Liacouras and Polett walks. After delay, the building is set to be complete in May 2019.
New library construction is delayed again and the library is slated to open in May 2019. BY MADISON SEITCHIK For The Temple News
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emple pushed back the completion date of the new $170 million library once again. It will reach “substantial completion”
by May 2019, officials said. Students are not expected to begin using it regularly until Fall 2019, said Jerry Leva, the vice president of planning and capital projects. In January, Leva told The Temple News that he did not see “anything barring” the library’s completion in October 2018. However, the building design and construction methods were changed this year, causing the completion date to be delayed,
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SUSTAINABILITY
DISABILITY
Students find neurological care on campus There are 89 students registered with Disability Resources and Services.
BY RACHEL McQUISTON For The Temple News Luke Tomczuk felt like he was different from most kids in his kindergarten class. “I was misbehaving,” he said. “For the first three years of school, I didn’t really adjust well. … I just remember getting in trouble a good amount of times.” Tomczuk, a junior history major, has autism spectrum disorder. He was elected to represent the disability community in Temple Student Government Parliament last fall and works closely with students who have disabilities to hear their concerns on Main Campus. Tomczuk is one of 89 students registered with Temple’s Disability Resources and Services with a neurological disorder. DRS aims to ensure an inclusive and comfortable environment at Temple for students with various disabilities, including deafness, blindness and neurological disabilities. There are staff members at DRS who specialize in working with students with these disabilities. Tomczuk was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when he was 18 months old. DRS Director Aaron Spector works specifically with stu-
R ESOUR CES PAGE 8
JAMIE COTTRELL / THE TEMPLE NEWS Sophomore advertising major Piper Burris (left) and junior tourism and hospitality major Veronica Rohach work to complete orders at the Rad Dish Cafe in Ritter Annex on Wednesday.
Rad Dish Cafe adjusts to Aramark The student-run cafe in Ritter Annex used to work with Sodexo to purchase foods, but doesn’t with Aramark. BY EMMA KULICZKOWSKI For The Temple News The Rad Dish Co-op Café is now independent of Temple’s food service provider since the univer-
sity transitioned to Aramark. The student-run cafe in Ritter Annex, known for its vegan and gluten-free options, does not purchase its dry food orders through Aramark like it did with Sodexo. Sodexo would allow Rad Dish to apply its dry foods order to Sodexo’s orders because Sodexo made orders frequently. Orders would sometimes be filled incorrectly because Sodexo’s orders were so large, Rad Dish em-
ployees said. But Aramark did not approach Rad Dish to work with the co-op during its incoming 15year contract with the university. Rad Dish’s general manager and senior criminal justice major Stephanie Hudson said the switch to Aramark is positive for the co-op because now the students are completely in charge of what they order through the new supplier. This solves the issues with or-
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NEWS | PAGES 2-3, 6
OPINION | PAGES 4-5
FEATURES | PAGES 7-12
SPORTS | PAGES 13-16
After several members attempted to oust each other, Parliament members will undergo conflict resolution training. Read more on Page 2.
A student with asthma wrote a Letter to the Editor about the difficulty polluted air places on his breathing. Read more on Page 4.
A dance studies Ph.D. student is teaching a course focused on the social and cultural influence of Michael Jackson. Read more on Page 7.
The men’s soccer team’s season ended in the first round of the American Athletic Conference tournament on Friday. Read more on Page 16.